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otophysans

otophysans is the plural of otophysan.

Meaning of otophysan

Noun

otophysan (plural otophysans)

  1. Any of the fish of the Otophysi series within the Ostariophysi superorder, also known as the Otophysa in some classifications.
    • For soniferous otophysans, decreased auditory sensitivity is particularly harmful because it may reduce the capacity to detect acoustic signals from conspecifics.2015 September 24, “Stress and Auditory Responses of the Otophysan Fish, Cyprinella venusta, to Road Traffic Noise”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about otophysans

What is otophysans the plural of?
Otophysans is the plural of otophysan.

Words near otophysans in the dictionary

  1. otopheidomenid
  2. otopheidomenids
  3. otophylloside
  4. otophyma
  5. otophysan
  6. otophysans
  7. otophysian
  8. otophysians
  9. otophysic
  10. otophysine
  11. otophysines

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